A miscellany of thoughts and opinions from an unimportant small town politician and bit-part web developer

I suppose most of us have memories of childhood Christmas. For me, the classic Christmases past are the times we went to my grandparents’ house for Christmas dinner. We’d start the day, as children always do, by waking as early … Continue reading →

This is a sequel to my previous post, relating my visit to the graves of my relatives killed in WWI. I had initially hoped that I might have time on that trip to include a visit to the Glade of … Continue reading →

Three of my relatives (two of my grandfather’s older brothers, and my grandmother’s oldest brother) are buried in the war graves of the Western Front. I’ve been meaning to visit them for some time now. This year I finally got … Continue reading →

GDPR has been in the news a lot lately, and rightly so. It makes some significant changes to data protection law in the UK (and elsewhere), as well as making some practices compulsory that were previously merely recommended best practice. … Continue reading →

The Internet is both a blessing and a curse for politics. On one hand, it offers unprecedented access to a global wealth of knowledge. On the other, it facilitates the spread of fake news and provides plenty of digital banana … Continue reading →

The political abuse and harassment scandal has, it seems, claimed its first life. Welsh Assembly Member Carl Sargeant has reportedly killed himself after allegations were made about his behaviour. I have no idea whether Sargeant is or is not innocent … Continue reading →

Abuse, harassment, inappropriate behaviour. It’s been in the news a lot lately, particularly in relation to Parliament and politicians. Accusations range from the extremely serious, such as rape, to the relatively minor, such as an inappropriate touch on a knee. … Continue reading →

I thought it was about time I updated the website. I’ve moved it to a new, more reliable server (hopefully, no more of it regularly disappearing off the Internet every week!), put it behind CloudFlare to improve performance, and, finally, … Continue reading →

Left-wing activists cling to the idea that there is an inherent anti-Tory majority, if only the opposition parties could get their act together and cooperate. Real election results, though, make it clear that there is no such thing. Eight new … Continue reading →